Highlight of UN World Social Report 2023 Number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected to double over the next three decades. The elderly population will reach 1.6 billion in 2050, accounting for more than 16 per cent of the global population. Population ageing is progressing more rapidly in developing countries than …
Key Highlights Of Ocean Noise Pollution and Marine Biodiversity This study was published under the title ‘Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins.’ Significance of sound for dolphins: Dolphins rely heavily on sound production and reception to navigate, communicate, hunt, and avoid predators in dark or limited vision waters. How does ocean noise pollution affect …
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A Short History of Renaming of Madras to Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Vs ‘Tamizhagam’ Row During a recent address to the volunteers of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, the governor remarked that the word ‘Tamizhagam’ was a more appropriate term for Tamil Nadu. The issue with the name ‘Tamil Nadu’: At the centre of the debate …
Jet Streams The Jet Stream is a geostrophic wind that blows horizontally through the upper troposphere from west to east at an altitude of 20,000 to 50,000 feet. Jet streams form when air masses of varying temperatures collide. As a result, where the Jet Stream forms are typically determined by surface temperatures. The speed of …
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Hunter Commission Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed the Hunter Commission with the mandate to look into complaints regarding the non-implementation of the Wood’s Despatch of 1854, assess the state of elementary education in the British overseas territories, and make recommendations for its expansion and improvement. In 1882, the commission’s final report—headed by Sir William Wilson Hunter—was delivered. …
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Atmospheric Circulation The large-scale circulation of air around the Earth is known as atmospheric circulation. It is in charge of transporting heat and moisture from the equator to the poles, and it has a significant impact on our weather system. In this article, we will go over atmospheric circulation in-depth, including the tricellular model and …
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Macaulay Minutes Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician and historian, gave his “Minute on Indian Education” speech on February 2, 1835, in an effort to prove that Indian “natives” needed to be educated in English. The famous Lord Macaulay’s Minute resolved the conflict in favour of the Anglicists; the constrained government funds were to be …
Local Winds Local winds are those kinds of winds that are solely caused by local conditions. Local winds are caused by the air moving between high and low-pressure systems in confined spaces. Each form of wind differs somewhat from the others since there are various sorts of winds. Local winds will always have a big …
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Types of Winds The wind is a direction and speed-dependent air movement. It consists of gusts and eddies that can only be felt, unlike rain and snow. The sand shifts, the trees sway, the leaves fall, and the hair flies due to the wind. Because wind cannot be seen, a weathercock or weather vane is …
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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis for UPSC The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 14 January 2023 The Hindu Editorial Today However, some users have been testing the bot’s capability to do nefarious things. Illicit actors have tried to bypass the tool’s safeguards and carry out malicious use cases with varying degrees of success. Research outlet ArsTechnica shared some …
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